Comedian and actor Richard Lewis has died at the age of 76.
Lewis, a frequent star of Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, had spoken of his declining health in recent years and despite appearing on every season of Curb, only made sporadic appearances in the show in his latter years.
Lewis was born in 1947, three days apart from Larry David, in Brooklyn Jewish Hospital and raised in Englewood New Jersey.
David paid tribute to his friend and colleague, saying: “Richard and I were born three days apart in the same hospital and for most of my life he’s been like a brother to me. He had that rare combination of being the funniest person and also the sweetest. But today he made me sob and for that, I’ll never forgive him."
